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 (DIR) Post #ASh2GbDxFB3aVoipmq by NicoleCRust@neuromatch.social
       2023-02-01T19:15:40Z
       
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       Great to read Disentangling Some Conceptual Knots@PessoaBrain's response to the commentaries about The Entangled Brain (his new book, summarized).I'm particularly taken with his ideas at the end around how to reorganize textbooks, away from systems (perception, reward) and toward schemes that better connect concepts.  https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-abstract/35/3/391/114488/Disentangling-Some-Conceptual-Knots?redirectedFrom=fulltext(My own commentary with Shaul Druckmann is here:https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-abstract/35/3/368/114112/Unraveling-the-Entangled-Brain-How-Do-We-Go-About?redirectedFrom=fulltext)
       
 (DIR) Post #ASh2GbwcZ6mmkLcVPM by knutson_brain@sfba.social
       2023-02-01T19:59:24Z
       
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       @NicoleCRust @PessoaBrain What is the alternative and evidence of added value (e.g. for neurosurgeons)?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASh2Gcb28r70lgWmOm by NicoleCRust@neuromatch.social
       2023-02-01T20:04:39Z
       
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       @knutson_brain @PessoaBrain Quoting Luiz in full:So, how should we organize neuroscience textbooks?A fruitful approach is the one adopted in Striedter’s (2016) Neurobiology: A Functional Approach. The book focuses on problems that brains help animals solve, with an emphasis on neural circuits and systems, highlighting important evolutionary considerations. For example, in the chapter “Remembering Relationships,” sections cover what makes some memories stronger than others, how animals learn what is dangerous, and what happens when memories conflict with each other (such as the conflict of habit memories and episodic ones).I believe targeting problems that brains help animals solve holds great promise. Consider a potential chapter on “Selecting information from the world.” The benefit of this strategy is that a construct like selection can be applied across multiple traditional domains, including perception, cognition, and emotion. Doing so allows us to conceptualize the underlying processes as inherently cutting across domains. Complex, naturalistic behaviors also offer fruitful ways to organize material, such as in the case of threat assessment (Pessoa et al., 2022).If this type of approach is adopted, the overall organization of book chapters could be substantially more diverse than that found across many current neuroscience text- books. This is not a problem, however, as there is no unique decomposition of brain and mind. As in textbooks, I propose that this framework offers a better way for neuroscientists to organize how they think about the functions of the brain and how the nervous system supports complex behaviors and mental states. For too long, our discipline has used constructs that emphasize independence and separation. It is now time to adopt a language that emphasizes interaction and integration so that we can advance understanding of the entangled brain.https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-abstract/35/3/391/114488/Disentangling-Some-Conceptual-Knots?redirectedFrom=fulltext